Notre Dame’s defense did enough to win the game, but is Notre Dame worthy of playing in the playoff?

Notre Dame quarterback DeShone (the Shine) Kizer was given the game ball after his performance in the victory over Temple.

Here’s a look at how Notre Dame’s opponents are doing in week 9 of college football.

Notre Dame visits Temple this Saturday for what will be the biggest game in Temple history.

Reuben and Randall break down the Irish victory over the Trojans and discuss where Brian Kelly ranks in the active college football coaches. Ryan Thiel was kind enough to write an article with his observations from the 41-31 victory.

Here’s our final score and player stat predictions podcast and in part two we take a view at how Notre Dame’s opponents are doing so far in week 7 of the college football season.

In this episode we take a look at the key matchups when USC visits South Bend.

So good to catch up with Ryan Thiel again get his insights on the Irish defense. Ryan looks at each position group and offers his thoughts on the players production so far in 2015. Follow Ryan on Twitter @RSThiel.

Notre Dame struggled with Navy’s triple option in the first half giving up 21 points. The halftime adjustments proved to be valuable but the Irish special teams and offense kept Navy to only 3 2nd half possessions.

Notre Dame didn’t score 60 on Navy but they did nearly double the Navy output and defeated the Mids 41-24.